Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Flaming Lips, Beatles, Soul Coughing, Jandek, Björk, R.E.M., Tom Waits, Fiery Furnaces, Tool, They Might Be Giants, Evolution Revolution, King Crimson, Radiohead, Brian Wilson, Mathematicians, Of Montreal, Elvis Costello, X.J. Scott, Jacky Ligon, John Cage, Harry Partch, Deerhoof, Doors, Residents, Aphex Twin, Ornette Coleman, Arnold Schoenberg, Talking Heads, Olivia Tremor Control, Shaggs, Os Mutantes, George Crumb, Steve Reich, Sun Ra, song poems, Japanese classical, Indian classical, Balinese & Javanese gamelan
Sounds Like
exquisit mandolin pop, th likes of wich u myt like
Hellohi. I (Andrew a.k.a. Nodal Nim) perform whimsies on my mandolin, on my cumbus. I sing about this & that. Invite me to your places, I will play there! Come to my shows, I will delight you! Consider yourself welcome in my world.
MANDOLIN.
On my mandolin (th Blu Demn!), I bippy bap in ludicrous sing-songs of chupacabras, blue supergiants, glockenspiels, Sheep, goats&GEEraffes, vegetables, stripes, yellow things, Isbe, slippery toads, fancy brisk, & colons (fermented).
I have two mandolin tunes on my page currently: how to ferment th colon & vejtbls u’v nevr herd of.
CUMBUS.
On my cumbus (a Turkish banjo-lute of sorts) I divide my octaves into 17 divisions (in contrast to th more popular 12), thus accessing a fresh microtonal (or xenharmonic) universe of pitch. I play abstract ditties whose lyrics I borrow from my own Book of Days, dedicated to elevating th everyday to Epic Poetry & reckoning time w/ th Discordian & K’iche’-Mayan Sacred Calendar.
I have four cumbus tunes on my page currently: eight thunderpain, nine knowhow, thirteen lefthanded, & two sinner.
CONTACT.
I delight in performing for you! Check this myspace page for showdates & feel free to get in touch about this or that.
Nodal Nim
a.k.a. Andrew Aaron Heathwaite
myspace.com/nodalnim
gtrpkt at yahoo dot com
(315)657-6839
You can also read my occasional disorganized ramblings & chaosophy at aahmusic.blogspot.com. If you do read, do fnord (comment)!
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Want to have info about future Chicagoland Nim shows manifest in your inbox, friend? Send me an email with a subject along th lines of "chi email list, yo!" & I will surely send you frabjous informative e!
MUSICK.
Click below to read my absurdist musickal manifesto:
McGreetings Nodal Nim Thank you for counting us among your MySpace friends. Please keep in touch, rock on! All the best to you and yours, from Pegasus in Bonnie Scotland.
Hey! Just wanted to thank you for being our friend and remind you to make sure you DOWNLOAD our EP for FREE! through Hot Topic! Just click our top banner on myspace and BOOM, all our songs for free! Plus, make sure you check out upcoming shows because we keep adding new ones all the time!
We'all got flooded. I lost some stuff, but my brother lost everything. I am putting together a benefit in Iowa [ 4 - 6 hours west of Chicago ] Let me know if there's anything you or anyone you know can do to help.
hey buddy it was nice talking with you too, i think it was good for me as a musician to kinda get a slight grasp on some of the microtunings and different styles you were working with, to broaden lifes horisons a little bit, but if you are interested in coming up to the gurnee area for a show, you should find a place called swing state hookah bar, i think it is www. myspace. com/swingstatevenue but if not it can be found in the jerome in the sky top friends, and jerome in the sky can be found in my top friends haha, but if you send the guy named ian a message and ask him for a show he will hook you up with one, if you would want to play with my band, which i think would be pretty rad, ask him for a show on either Jun 11 2008, Jul 1 2008, or july 22 2008.
Wonderful to meet you! I sense a bright universe within you! I look forward to meeting with you again--- fantastic show yesterday evening!! Stay peaceful :-)
Hey! Thanks for listening. we have two awesome all ages shows next week (April 24th at The House in DeKalb and April 25th at Just For Fun in McHenry) and it would be great to see you at one. Take it easy. -Peter
hey kiddo! so i want to come to your open mic this coming wed...sorry its been so long just been so busy! so much to tell you. cant wait to see your shinning face...your still playing every wed right!? let me know for sures!
I found your first album. At least, I believe it to be your first. It was sold to me at my first/last Shaver party many years ago. It is green, and has 48 songs on it. It makes me happy.
